LA Theatre Works Presents LIFE OF GALILEO, 10/2

Beginning Saturday, October 2, 2010, L.A. Theatre Works Radio Theatre Series will air The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, starring Stacy Keach, Neil Dickson, Roy Dotrice, Jeannie Elias, Jill Gascoine, Peter Lavin, Robert Machray, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Alan Shearman, Simon Templeman, Joanne Whalley, and Matthew Wolf. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10 pm to midnight on 89.3 KPCC, and can also be streamed on demand at http://www.latw.org/.

Unrelenting in his search for "simple truth," Galileo Galilei shatters beliefs held sacred for two thousand years. But his integrity is put to the test in a passionate debate over science, religion, and ethics that resonates to this day. The broadcast includes an interview with Dr. E.C. Krupp, the Director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

L.A. Theatre Works' radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH, Boston; 91.5 WBEZ, Chicago; 94.9 KUOW, Seattle; 90.1 WABE, Atlanta; 94.1 KPFA, Berkeley; 91.1 KRCB, North Bay (San Francisco); and many other stations nationwide.

Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation.  Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people's lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.